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excuse

«If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.»
«Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness»
«It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.»
Author: George Washington (President) | Keywords: excuse, offer
«Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.»
«God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse»
Author: Plutarch (Author, Biographer) | About: God | Keywords: coward, excuse
«God's only excuse is that he does not exist»
Author: Stendhal | Keywords: does not exist, excuse
«Excuse my dust»
Author: Dorothy Parker (Poet, Writer) | Keywords: dust, excuse
«Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life»
«If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | About: Beauty | Keywords: beauty, excuse, seeing
«If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.»
Author: Yiddish Proverb | Keywords: as good as, excuse

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